BY ANDREW KNITTLE aknittle@opubco.com
A career criminal who was let out of jail in December just before he was admitted to the hospital for a lengthy stay has been arrested in connection with three metro-area bank robberies.
Christy Demelvin Webb was taken into custody Wednesday at a motel in Shawnee after authorities received a tip he was there, said Rick Rains, an FBI spokesman.
Webb, 44, is accused of robbing two Bank of Oklahoma branches May 16 and May 17 in south Oklahoma City.
On May 20, the same day a tornado ripped through Moore and killed 24 people, an OU Federal Credit Union on Lindsey Street in Norman was robbed, and Webb is the suspect.
According to court records, Webb robbed at least one of the banks by slipping the teller a note.
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